New Jimny project - a few questions!

I like you exhaust muffer
Where do you find it ??

eBay - £40!
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You can specify what sort of ends you want. I just asked for a straight 1 3/4" tube on each end and bought a flange plate which bolted up to the original pipe (and welded one to the other. I also had a stainless elbow that I welded to the other end. I dare say they would make up something to your precise requirements though.

The exhaust itself is pretty good. Stainless and nicely made - well worth £40!

Si

Thanks for the information

Over the weekend I had a chance to do quite a bit more to this!

First of all I (obviously) need rear recovery points. There is one on the other side too.
[img]http://www.x-eng.co.uk/images/forum/Jimny Bumper 001.jpg[/img]
These were milled out of 12mm plate, with a 50mm eye. They are welded to the chassis and to the rear roll cage stays - so should be strong enough!
I added a few LED lights (courtesy of eBay)
[img]http://www.x-eng.co.uk/images/forum/Jimny Bumper 002.jpg[/img]
Next to fit my 8274. First a trial fit to see where it can sit:
[img]http://www.x-eng.co.uk/images/forum/Jimny Bumper 002a.jpg[/img]
Do a bit of tube bending - then hold it all in place with ratchet straps to tack weld.
[img]http://www.x-eng.co.uk/images/forum/Jimny Bumper 003.jpg[/img]
Fully weld it, add a bit of bracing and spray black!
[img]http://www.x-eng.co.uk/images/forum/Jimny Bumper 004.jpg[/img]

The side tubes, which the 8274 bolts to are made from Stainless. If I'd had enough stainless tube I'd have made the whole thing out of it - but I figured the rope will run with the most pressure on the sides. I can live with touching up the paint on the top & bottom bars occasionally. As you can see, the tube is used instead of a Hawse. It is 48mm diameter so giving a much bigger radius for the rope to run over, protecting it a bit while pulling sideways.

The rear (and centre) winch will be mid-mounted on top of one another on the internal cage, with just a circular Hawse (made out of 4 x 48mm Stainless elbows welded together) in a cut-out in the rear door.

Other than installing the winch and a bit more wiring - that's it done for the time being. Done sufficiently to try it at Slindon next week anyway. Once more tube arrives, I'll make the external cage and wing bars - I'll just have to be careful in the mean time!

Si

This weekend I took it to Slindon Off Road to put the truck through it's paces! I expected several of my friends were going to be there to take photos - but they all had to stay home to wash their hair or something - so the only evidence is a couple of photos on my phone!



This doesn't show the full extent of the articulation - but it was the only time there wasn't a 5 foot drop to climb down on the drivers side or where I didn't feel my life was in danger!

It performed better than I ever expected! I only had to use the rear locker once when I had pushed the cross axle thing a bit too far.

For some reason the Auto box would only give me 1 & 2, but would not select 3 even with the lever in Drive - I suspect the cable might just need adjusting. This gave me a top speed of 15mph - but as it came on a trailer it was not a problem.

I tried pretty hard to break it - but all I managed to do was bust a rear light and re-shape the rear corner a little! I drove over a tree and when it came down the other side, the truck slid sideways and sandwiched me tight between two trees. It took a lot of winching & shunting to un-sandwich me and I bust the light in the process!

Amazingly, it was still running perfectly at the end of the day! This is almost a first for me with 'experimental' vehicles! I'll do a bit of 'adjusting' and hopefully take it to Slindon on May 27th. I would have gone to Boxgrove, but X-Eng are Sponsoring the Mud Monsters Challenge on May 13th.

Si

nice to see your truck out
looks great now its finnished

wish I had your ground clearance - kept digging the radius arms in yesterday